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Exotic Sunlight: Paintings by Ong Kim Seng
Exotic Sunlight: Paintings by Ong Kim Seng features over 30 watercolour scenes by the Singapore watercolour maestro, with the biggest piece measuring 1.8 x 1.3m in size. A self-taught artist who turned full-time in 1985, Ong Kim Seng is an avid traveller who has sojourned across different states and continents in his attempt to encounter […]
Ong Kim Seng Will Never Retire from Painting
Falling in love with your job is easy, but staying in love with it is no easy feat. Hat tip to Ong Kim Seng for managing to do so for the past 30 years. His artistic journey was far from smooth. Having lost his father at a young age, his mother was a pillar of support, but they did […]
Changing cityscape features in Ong Kim Seng’s new exhibition
Watercolourist Ong Kim Seng was barely 17 when he started his Sunday plein air (open air) painting sessions with some of Singapore’s pioneer artists in 1962. They included the late Lim Cheng Hoe, Chen Chong Swee and Ong Chye Cho. They usually spent the day painting in the city area, including on the banks of […]
A moment with … watercolour master, Ong Kim Seng
The only Asian artist outside the United States admitted into the American Watercolour Society A mere kampong boy in an atap house, Ong Kim Seng had no idea he would one day become one of Singapore’s most prominent artistic icons and watercolour masters. Staying true to his subject matter and medium of choice, his paintings […]
A Tribute to Ong Kim Seng
Ong Kim Seng was born on 10 June 1945 in Singapore, and his name is synonymous with watercolour in Singapore. A self-taught artist who has exhibited around the world, his collectors include Queen Elizabeth II and Kofi Annan. Ong made history for Singapore in 1990 when he became the first Asian member to be named […]
Watercolourist Ong Kim Seng has a new solo show in Malaysia
Veteran Singaporean artist Ong Kim Seng takes viewers around some of his favourite South-East Asian places in his latest exhibition in Kuala Lumpur. One aspect of art is capturing moments, preserving the essence of a time forever, according to veteran Singaporean watercolour artist Ong Kim Seng. Taking me around the gallery in Kuala Lumpur where […]